An ex-convict is tracked down by his estranged teenage son, and the pair try to build a relationship and life together in Seattle.
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John Boylan | ... | Janitor |
| Jeff Bridges | ... | Jack Kelson | |
| Edward Furlong | ... | Nick Kelson | |
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Greg Sevigny | ... | Young Jack |
| Jayne Entwistle | ... | Monique | |
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Willie Williams | ... | The Gospel Fireballs |
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Roosevelt Franklin | ... | The Gospel Fireballs |
| Melvyn Hayward | ... | Normandy | |
| Don Harvey | ... | Rainey | |
| Kit McDonough | ... | Landlady | |
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Wren Walker | ... | Lisa |
| Cristine McMurdo-Wallis | ... | School Administrator | |
| Lucinda Jenney | ... | Charlotte | |
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Charlotte London | ... | Flo |
| Loyd Catlett | ... | Vernon the Bartender | |
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After leaving jail, Jack Kelson wants to live a normal life. He rents a small flat, moves in with his son Nick and tries to get a steady job. But then a former friend steps into his life again. Written by Markus Lasermann <mslaserm@trick.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
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Jack Kelson is going straight. And his son's breaking the law to help him. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 May 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
American Heart - Die zweite Chance See more »Filming Locations:
Seattle, Washington, USAEdit
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Budget:
$10,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$5,549, 9 May 1993, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$384,048Company Credits
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Dolby StereoAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Normandy: Dating 16-year old's is one thing, but she's 12 and a day!
Molly: I'm 15!
Normandy: 15 will get him 20! Stay put.
Jack Kelson: Normandy, I- I wasn't in the rack with her and I never even seen her before.
Normandy: What'd you do? Black out, Jack?
Jack Kelson: It-it, see, it's my kid.
Normandy: I thought you had a son? Turn around, Jack.
Jack Kelson: Normandy, please.
Normandy: Get em' up.
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Composed by Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
Performed by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (as Joan Jett and The Blackhearts)
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Near the end of the movie, the ferry is leaving Seattle (towards Bainbridge Island or Bremerton). However a few seconds later we see the boat wake with the Olympic Mountains in the distance indicating the boat is headed towards Seattle, not away from it. See more »Quotes
Jack Kelson: I- I can explain this, Normandy. What, do you think I am, a pervert?Normandy: Dating 16-year old's is one thing, but she's 12 and a day!
Molly: I'm 15!
Normandy: 15 will get him 20! Stay put.
Jack Kelson: Normandy, I- I wasn't in the rack with her and I never even seen her before.
Normandy: What'd you do? Black out, Jack?
Jack Kelson: It-it, see, it's my kid.
Normandy: I thought you had a son? Turn around, Jack.
Jack Kelson: Normandy, please.
Normandy: Get em' up.
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Do You Wanna Touch MeComposed by Gary Glitter, Mike Leander
Performed by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (as Joan Jett and The Blackhearts)
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This is a dramatic, narrative film by Martin Bell, the director of the excellent documentary "Streetwise". And while it is obvious Bell was a little uncomfortable with the narrative format, it is one of the few independent films of the 1990's that doesn't suffer from the Quentin Tarantino syndrome--i.e. it is not just a pastiche of other movies the director has seen. It's clear Bell based a lot of this movie on real life. In fact, many of the characters here were obviously based on real people in "Streetwise"--the kid and his ex-con father, the tomboy lesbian, the 14-year-old amateur hooker. The movies suffers a little in comparison to early Gus Van Sant films ("Mala Noche","Drugstore Cowboy", "My Own Private Idaho")which had similar down-and-out characters and were also set in the American Northwest. But many will find this film refreshingly honest and less pretentious, at least, than some of Van Sant's films.
What really makes this film is the acting. It marked Jeff Bridges return to independent film (five or six years before "The Big Lebowski"), and his performance here makes one forgive him for the Hollywood crap he made in the 80's like "Against All Odds". Edward Furlong is also very good. I remember reading some alarmist claptrap about him in Premiere magazine around the time of this movie, about how he was dating a 30-year-old woman (oh, the horror! the horror!) and about to become another young Hollywood casualty. Well, starting with this film he ended up carving a nice little niche for himself in independent film (i.e. "Pecker", "Animal Factory"). Turns out that just because you're not starring in "Terminator 3" it doesn't necessarily mean you're sharing needles in a crack house with guys named Corey and girls named Shannen. And as a little icing on the cake this movie has a great Tom Waits theme song which you can't find any of his albums. Definitely a recommended movie.